Cooking range



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1,518,017 H. G. sruTE ET AL I COOKING RANGE Filed April 27, 192s 2 sheets-shut 2 ,fg/r .3.

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Patented Dec. 2, 1924.,

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HENRY Gr. STUTE AND BENJAMIN H. WALTHER, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

COOKNG RANGE.

Application filed April 27, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, HENK f (l. STU' n and BaNJAMN H. lVAmHnn, citizens of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderbu'rg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Cooking` Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to cooking ranges, more particularly to devices of this character employing illuminating gas, gasoline, kerosene or other forms of hydrocarbons, and has for one of its objects to provide a device of this character, capable of being located against two faces of a struct-ure, for instance around one corner of a chimney breast. or the like, to occupy less floor space, or occupying floor space otherwise not available.

In the kitchens of many houses, one or more of the walls are irregular or broken, for instance by a chimney breast or the like, thus producing waste spaces, and to utilize these hitherto waste spaces, is the principal object of the present invention, which consists of constructing a cooking range capable of being located against two of the faces 0f the chimney breast or other irregular portion of the wall, and thus occupy hitherto unusable floor spacel while retaining all the advantages of the ordinary range.

lV ith these and other objects in view the invention consists in cert-ain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 a front elevation, and

Fig. 2 is an end elevation, of the iinproved device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view arrai'iged against two faces of a structure such as a chimney, the latter being in` transverse section.

Fig. is a. view similar to Fig. 3, arranged against two other faces of the chimney.

The improved device lcomprises a cooking range, for instance a. gas range, and formed with a main body portion represented at 10. This portion 10 comprises an elongated closed casing as shown having formed through itsI top apertures in which are placed lids l1. The front side of the `asing has a series of apertures therethrough, through each of which a lead-in pipe 12 extends to Serial No. 635,041.

a burner (not shown) located within the casing beneath each plate. The outer end of the lead-in pipe terminates outside of the casing in the valve 12. A feed pipe 13 extends across the front of the. `casing to feed fuel through the 'valves to the burners therein.

The back of the casing is extended upwardly to form the rear shield 1st which terminates along the upper edge in a forward extension to provide a warming shelf 15. Supports 1G are placed upon each end of the casing between the same and the underside of the shelf 15.

A hase 17, supported upon legs 1S, carries the substantially elongated casing' thereon and in back ofthe casing 1() there is supported upon the base a pair of superposed ovens 19 and Q() having end doors 21 and 22. These ovens are, as shown, about half the length of the casing l() and one end of the casing is flush with the end of the oven, forming a substantially L-shaped structure, as is clearly shown in Figures 3 and l1. A frame 23 surrounds the ends of the ovens and secures them t0 the casing 10 and shield 1e. The lower oven is a broiling oven and the burner therefor (not shown) is supplied by a special valve 2-1 which as shown extends from the feed pipe 13 into the lead-in 2st which extends into casing 10 as the other valves extend into'lead-ins 12, thus placing all the controlling valves on the stove at the front and in a position where they are easily reached. The heat from the burner (not shown) in the broiler oven which is supplied through valvei 2st and lead-in 2st also heats the upper oven 20.

As is shown these ovens are only half as long as the casing l() thus giving the stove a right angular formation. By enclosing the burners in the casing l() the heat is retained and does not escape as in the open burner stoves. rThus after the casing becomes hot the burners can be turned down and the heat retained beneath serves to continue the cooking process for a considerable length of time, thus greatly cutting down the consumption of fuel. vVhen a direct flame is desired a lid may be removed from over a burner, as in a coal range, and the utensil placed directly over the flame.

Owing to the contour of the structure embodying this invention, the same may be placed against a chimney as at 25, in such a manner as to bear against two faces of the chimney thus making use of space which Would ordinarily be useless.

The preferred embodiment of the. invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specilication, but it will be understood that modifications Within the scope oit the clainis may be made in the oon.- struction Without departing` 'from the princiciple oi' the invention or sacriicing any of its advantages.

Having' thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A range oli the charac-tei.' desei'ibcd Conil'nfisinpg, a hase means to provide a closed chamber oi substantial length supported upon the said base and adapted to enclose heating; elements, said chamber having a plurality of openings through its top and Jiur-ther having' plurality of openings through one side thereof to permit thel passage of fuel conveyors thereinto7 cover plates for said top openings, a pair of superposed ovens of less length than said casing; supported upon said base behind the casing, said ovens at one end being flush with one end of said casing, a fuel feed pipe extending` across the front ot' said casing7 and valve elements in said 'fuel pipe, 'for oontrollinthe flow off fuel to said 'l'uel conveyors.

lu 'testimony whereof, We aili; our signaurcs hereto.

HENRY G. STUTE. BEN. H. VALTHER. 

